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morsi. >> reza sayah for us in cairo. thank you. one person is injured after being injured in a fire at a state department. it started in some ductwork. construction cruise working in the building put out the fire. >>> a big animal rescue operation to tell you about. firefighters found 65 dogs chained up needing food at water. it's believed they were kept for illegal dog fighting. they have been turned over to animal rescue and are at emergency shelters awaiting adoption now. >>> all of the pushing and shoving that imkay long. you've seen the images. now hear the sounds of the holiday shopping season. that is just hard to watch. i mean what a rowdy start, right, for that crowd as thousands catched out and crowded around their favorite stores in searches of deals. it was so chaotic for one manager she told people she didn't want to open for business. the shopping business connected off with several retailers opening at 8:00 p.m. on thanksgiving day. but now that the hustle and bustle and elbow throwing is all over, did it help them r
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. >> we'll talk to reza in egypt in a few minutes. what is your sense of the regional involvement in this? could egypt and other nations take steps to more actively show their support for the palestinians? >> reporter: well, for instance, egypt, anderson has to walk a very fine line. on the one hand, mohammed morsi from the muslim brotherhood does express support for hamas which is an offshoot of the egyptian muslim brotherhood, but at the same time he has to be very careful when it comes to crossing any red lines regarding the peace treaty between israel and egypt that dates back to the late 1970s, but certainly it's a huge change from just four years ago when the war was going on between gaza and israel. when president hosni mubarak, basically, it was well understood that he had no sympathy for hamas because, of course, the muslim brotherhood were his main political enemies and therefore, this situation is completely different, but morsi and egypt has to really tread carefully because many egyptians have no desire whatsoever to get
. >> we'll talk to reza in egypt in a few minutes. what is your sense of the regional involvement in this? could egypt and other nations take steps to more actively show their support for the palestinians? >> reporter: well, for instance, egypt, anderson has to walk a very fine line. on the one hand, mohammed morsi from the muslim brotherhood does express support for hamas which is an offshoot of the egyptian muslim brotherhood, but at the same time he has to be very careful when it...
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straight to reza sayah in cairo for us. so today, reza, the egyptian leadership met with hamas. a group the u.s. classifies as a terrorist organization. should washington be concerned about egypt's role in this conflict? >> reporter: well, first off, we should point out that at this point it is not clear what egypt's role is in this conflict. it is not clear if what we're hearing is rhetoric or something behind the rhetoric. i think egypt's role will be clearer and clearer in the coming days and weeks. as far as the question whether washington should be worried, it depends how you process and digest all these developments. if someone sitting in washington and they buy into this very fiery rhetoric, sure, they could be concerned. rhetoric has been tough. rhetoric in tough condemnation by mohamed morsi. if you look at what is happening beyond the rhetoric, you can say egypt has not taken any steps that can be viewed as extreme or radical, certainly haven't taken up arms against the israelis. doesn't look like they have given hamas material support. they have come out and explicitl
straight to reza sayah in cairo for us. so today, reza, the egyptian leadership met with hamas. a group the u.s. classifies as a terrorist organization. should washington be concerned about egypt's role in this conflict? >> reporter: well, first off, we should point out that at this point it is not clear what egypt's role is in this conflict. it is not clear if what we're hearing is rhetoric or something behind the rhetoric. i think egypt's role will be clearer and clearer in the coming...
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reza sayeh is reporting for us on this issue. he joins us live. so, back up and give us some detail. is mohamed morsi really the person who would be able to effectively say that this aggression now ends? >> reporter: well, it's tough to say. what we do know is that it's intelligence officials in egypt that are apparently leading the negotiations and the man who is doing it is mohammed mashat. in 2011 he helped to negotiate the release of israeli soldier, which suggests this egyptian spy chief has pretty strong contacts in tel aviv and pretty strong contacts in hamas. mohamed morsi, the president, coming out and saying he expects israeli aggression to stop on tuesday. that's pretty consistent to similar statements we've heard over the past 24 hours. last night, an egyptian intelligence official and a hamas official said they're hopeful that a cease fire could be achieved by today. and it looks like, if you believe what the egyptian officials are saying, it looks like they're working on conditions. hamas officials are telling us israel has agreed to
reza sayeh is reporting for us on this issue. he joins us live. so, back up and give us some detail. is mohamed morsi really the person who would be able to effectively say that this aggression now ends? >> reporter: well, it's tough to say. what we do know is that it's intelligence officials in egypt that are apparently leading the negotiations and the man who is doing it is mohammed mashat. in 2011 he helped to negotiate the release of israeli soldier, which suggests this egyptian spy...
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reza, what are you hearing there? >> reporter: carol, obviously the most intense israeli air strikes have been taking place in northern gaza, but we're seeing and hearing some air strikes in southern gaza as well, and we're close to that location. behind us is the famous crossing. beyond that lights is gaza. we're standing in egypt. about 20 minutes ago we heard a huge explosion. earlier in the day four separate explosions. we've spoken to egyptian security officials here. they believe those explosions are being caused boo i israeli drones flying up above. they believe the israeli drones are trying to send a message for anyone who is on this side of the border not to cross into gaza. now, we can't independently verify these are drone strikes but throughout the day, even right now, we're hearing the buzz of what sounds like israeli drone strikes, carol. when things aren't exploding, this place is relatively quiet. supply line, nonperishable food, fuel trucks being taken into gaza. >> have the egyptians been able to fre
reza, what are you hearing there? >> reporter: carol, obviously the most intense israeli air strikes have been taking place in northern gaza, but we're seeing and hearing some air strikes in southern gaza as well, and we're close to that location. behind us is the famous crossing. beyond that lights is gaza. we're standing in egypt. about 20 minutes ago we heard a huge explosion. earlier in the day four separate explosions. we've spoken to egyptian security officials here. they believe...
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reza sayah is there. reza, what did you see? >> reporter: carol, it happened about 25 minutes ago. a huge explosion right across the rafah crossing where gaza is. i'd say about two to three miles from where we are standing. a huge blast. the ground shook. we saw a black flume of smoke going into the air. it's impossible for us to verify exactly what caused the explosion but we have been speaking to egyptian officials over the past couple days, and they say these explosions are being caused by israeli drones flying up above and they could be going after the underground tunnels at the rafah crossing. in listening up to in the sky, we are hearing what sounds like the buzz of drones. there's been a lot of talk about a possible cease-fire in the coming hours. this explosion a reminder that we don't have a cease-fire at this minute. >> i was just going to ask you that. all this talk about a cease-fire being negotiated by the egyptian president, it's late in the afternoon in israel. there's not much time left in the day. >> reporter: yeah. the clock is ticking. throughout the day if you l
reza sayah is there. reza, what did you see? >> reporter: carol, it happened about 25 minutes ago. a huge explosion right across the rafah crossing where gaza is. i'd say about two to three miles from where we are standing. a huge blast. the ground shook. we saw a black flume of smoke going into the air. it's impossible for us to verify exactly what caused the explosion but we have been speaking to egyptian officials over the past couple days, and they say these explosions are being...
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has been destroyed was destroyed by israel and continues to be affected by israel's embargo but as reza blockade on gaza and sometimes that the electricity planting gaza shuts down completely and cannot be produced as a produce a single image and here gentlemen i go to tel aviv if i had to go back to tel aviv the older less is you know becoming more and more isolated at this vote shows that . well i had said i don't think so i think that there are fifty percent or more nation that voted for it this is lip service to our palestinian cause that is trying desperately either through bringing arafat's back to life or through a resolution on november twenty ninth to put the issue back to the agenda when the real refugees in syria and elsewhere in the middle east as a result of the arab spring are getting second place and the palestinian are trying desperately to put their refugee deluxe issue on the table at the expense of the other the real refugee problem the real problems of the middle east we ready the regional situation in a regional solution to take care and to help not only the palesti
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cnn's reza sayah is for us this morning, so let's begin with that meeting. the clinton/mursi meeting. what are the expectations as she heads to that meeting? >> well, i think the expectation is for these two key players to do something to end the cease-fire. and i think the spotlight now is on u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton in washington. it looked like the u.s. is broadening its role, busy day for mrs. clinton today, meeting with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. the next hour or two, she's going to meet with egyptian officials, including egyptian president mohamed mursi. whenever there's a flare-up in the middle east between the palestinians and the israelis, certainly washington wants to present itself as playing a key role. but the dilemma with washington is that they certainly have sway with israel but they have no relationship with hamas. of course washington views hamas as a terrorist organization, and i think this is where washington, today, secretary clinton, will depend on egypt, that does have a relationship with hamas. of course
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observer states now palestine only needs two thirds of the majority of the general assembly to win this reza. lucian's to win this vote now the u.s. has been aggressively campaigning against today's contentious showdown on wednesday u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton said that washington has made it very clear to the palestinian leadership the u.s. opposes policy now for it's to upgrade their status at the u.n. outside of the framework of direct negotiations france on the other hand is expected to vote in favor of the palestinians and the u.s. has expressed regret over what it calls a clash between allies now with its elevated stallard status palestine will be able to join the international criminal court this would allow palestine to press for investigations into israel's prop disses in the occupied territories the authority will also be able to seek membership in specialized agencies of the u.n. now the u.s. has publicly threatened to cut off financing to international organizations that it made palestine as a member our viewers may remember that back in two thousand and eleven u.s. c
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reza sayah in cairo. thanks very much. >>> ins with washington, the w house is trying to kick start the talks. 33 days till the fiscal cliff. but congress takes a break in 15 days. >> tim geithner joins the battle, the top fiscal cliff negotiator will be going to the hill, meeting with top congre congressional leaders today. dan lothian is in washington to bring us up to speed so far. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. there was a sense of optimism. some lawmakers sounding a little pessimistic. the president still insisting that upper income americans need to pay more. republicans are resisting that. they want to see entitlements on the table. meantime what you see from the president is this pr campaign, if you will, bringing small business owners here to the white house, top ceos. in addition to that, the president brought middle class americans here to the white house yesterday, people who said that they would be impacted, having to pay $2,200 more in taxes if these bush era tax cuts are not exten
reza sayah in cairo. thanks very much. >>> ins with washington, the w house is trying to kick start the talks. 33 days till the fiscal cliff. but congress takes a break in 15 days. >> tim geithner joins the battle, the top fiscal cliff negotiator will be going to the hill, meeting with top congre congressional leaders today. dan lothian is in washington to bring us up to speed so far. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. there was a sense of optimism. some lawmakers...
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and about his party it continues to play the gift card against the president as as richard follower reza strategist and host of the richard fowler radio show richard welcome back thanks for having me tom great to have you with us so is romney right did he lose because president obama showering all the rest of us with gifts but i got to tell you first leaders a very strong word for romney i think i missed you the next some of it was the leader of the party i think the party is quite in shambles but of course i think you know if he considers health care for little kids who have asthma a gift i just i don't know i was sort of shows with the republican party given how confused they are i think earlier today or yesterday bobby jindal came out the governor of louisiana came out of mediately and rejected those statements and condemned mitt romney seems to me that he's a sore loser with the budget but those comments are consistent with things that rush limbaugh and bill o'reilly said and really track back and i think in a very significant way to the mid seventy's when jude wouldn't you know the
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i want to bring in reza sayeh. first of all, give us a feeling of what is happening on the streets and how people feel about where they are in this. >> reporter: well, protesters are still here, nowhere near the numbers of the 1 million demonstration last night. but we have a whole bunch of other collision courses taking shape, suzanne, that could complicate this. here's why. president morsi wants the new constitution drafted immediately. 100-member panel has been designed to write this new constitution but there's been a whole lot of problems and conflict. the panel is dominated by supporters of the muslim brotherhood, islamists. many liberal members have quit and protested. >> reza, we have breaking news. senator bob corker, a republican from tennessee reacting to susan rice's statements. >> i very much appreciate the transparency and type of conversations we've had from day one. i know that she has her portion of the investigation underway and i know there are others that are happening and that's something that
i want to bring in reza sayeh. first of all, give us a feeling of what is happening on the streets and how people feel about where they are in this. >> reporter: well, protesters are still here, nowhere near the numbers of the 1 million demonstration last night. but we have a whole bunch of other collision courses taking shape, suzanne, that could complicate this. here's why. president morsi wants the new constitution drafted immediately. 100-member panel has been designed to write this...
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reza sayah is overlooking tahrir square. is it calm where you are, and are people assuming that things are going to get better? there are a lot of critics who vague the broum brotherhood is really now trying to hijack the process, hijack the constitution and get the president to remain in power, as much power as he can hold on to. >> yeah. many of those critics, suzanne, are behind us. still demonstrating here in tahrir square. in the meantime, major developments unfolding. as we speak right now, egypt's constitutional assembly is voting to approve a draft of egypt's all-important new constitution. this is going to be the backbone, the centerpiece of egypt's democratic transition. all of egypt's laws are going to be based on this document. everything from the balance of power between the president and the parliament, the power of the army, the independence of the judiciary, the personal freedoms. once this draft is approved and all indications are it is going to be approved. in about 15 days you're going to have a nationwide
reza sayah is overlooking tahrir square. is it calm where you are, and are people assuming that things are going to get better? there are a lot of critics who vague the broum brotherhood is really now trying to hijack the process, hijack the constitution and get the president to remain in power, as much power as he can hold on to. >> yeah. many of those critics, suzanne, are behind us. still demonstrating here in tahrir square. in the meantime, major developments unfolding. as we speak...
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cnn's reza sayah is joining us from cairo once again. reza, we're hearing about attacks against several muslim brotherhood offices in egypt. what do you know about that? >> reporter: according to the brotherhood spokesperson, two of their offices were attacked by anti-morsi protesters. the brotherhood says the protesters were carrying molotov cocktails, clubs and knives and destroyed and heavily damaged these offices. remember, muslim brotherhood had called for a one-million-man demonstration of their own today to rival the opposition's demonstrations. late last night they called it off to avoid violence. but in these two particular cities north of cairo, they didn't avoid violence. >> reza, we're also seeing and i want to show our viewers some live pictures from tahrir square in cairo not far from where you are right now. you were there earlier in the day. who are these protesters? and there are huge numbers there. we see the tents. what's going on? >> reporter: yeah. these are the opposition factions. now, what's interesting is right a
cnn's reza sayah is joining us from cairo once again. reza, we're hearing about attacks against several muslim brotherhood offices in egypt. what do you know about that? >> reporter: according to the brotherhood spokesperson, two of their offices were attacked by anti-morsi protesters. the brotherhood says the protesters were carrying molotov cocktails, clubs and knives and destroyed and heavily damaged these offices. remember, muslim brotherhood had called for a one-million-man...
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reza sayah is overlooking tahrir square. we understand they are planning what they are calling a million man demonstration that has been called. give us a sense why are people still protest and what do we expect in the next 24 hours, the days to come? >> reporter: well, they're protesting because they're angry with president morsi, his dekoreas and how the drafting of this constitution has unfolded, and there doesn't soop seem to be an end to the protest. they're back here in big numbers. tens of thousands of them here in tahrir square. we're going to show you what it looks like at this hour. i think one of the outcomes of the 2011 egyptian revolution was that egyptians became very good in protesting, so it doesn't matter what people are fighting for here. it seems they like to come out and free-throws the opposition factions that are back here in tahrir. these are the liberals, the seculars. we were just down there. we saw a lot of women, women's rights activists who don't like how this constitution was drafted. they don't
reza sayah is overlooking tahrir square. we understand they are planning what they are calling a million man demonstration that has been called. give us a sense why are people still protest and what do we expect in the next 24 hours, the days to come? >> reporter: well, they're protesting because they're angry with president morsi, his dekoreas and how the drafting of this constitution has unfolded, and there doesn't soop seem to be an end to the protest. they're back here in big numbers....
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reza sayah is in cairo this morning. let's start with mohamed morsi, please. >> yeah, good morning, soledad. a few thousand protesters still here in south tahrir squares, especially those who camped out over the past several days, still seeing some clashes. most of them triggered by what seem to be teenagers and twenty somethings out here looking for trouble. we also saw our first fatality of the protest last night on sunday in a northern city where a 15-year-old member of the muslim brotherhood youth movement was clubbed to death. at this point the brotherhood doesn't seem to be using that fatality as a rallying cry to shore up support. but at the same time, it doesn't seem to be any indication that this conflict is coming to an end any time soon. the leaders of the opposition faction continue to demand mr. morsi to rescind his decrees. we just spoke to one of his senior advisers a couple of hours ago. he wants dialogue with the leading opposition factions. he didn't say anything about these decrees today. there are tal
reza sayah is in cairo this morning. let's start with mohamed morsi, please. >> yeah, good morning, soledad. a few thousand protesters still here in south tahrir squares, especially those who camped out over the past several days, still seeing some clashes. most of them triggered by what seem to be teenagers and twenty somethings out here looking for trouble. we also saw our first fatality of the protest last night on sunday in a northern city where a 15-year-old member of the muslim...
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her husband, reza khandan, says it goes deeper than that. >> ( translated ): the reason for my wife's arrest, i think, was that she insisted on going through with political prisoners' cases. in general, the idea was that they prevent the lawyers from going to court and following up on human rights cases. >> reporter: all of this has taken a heavy toll on the dissident's families. for sotoudeh, whose prison sentence was reduced to six years on appeal, her children are only allowed to visit their mother occasionally. >> ( translated ): on political prisoners, they make it very hard. in the first eight months that my wife was in prison, we did not have even one unrestricted visit. >> reporter: finally, the children, now five and 13, did see their mother, but only behind prison glass. >> ( translated ): in addition to cameras and microphones, there are guards who stand there and watch us and listen to every word of what the children tell their mother, all emotions and feelings. our children become a means of putting pressure on their mother. >> reporter: the iranian press office at the u.
her husband, reza khandan, says it goes deeper than that. >> ( translated ): the reason for my wife's arrest, i think, was that she insisted on going through with political prisoners' cases. in general, the idea was that they prevent the lawyers from going to court and following up on human rights cases. >> reporter: all of this has taken a heavy toll on the dissident's families. for sotoudeh, whose prison sentence was reduced to six years on appeal, her children are only allowed to...
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reza sayah is overlooking everything in tahrir square. most of us were thinking that mohammed morsi really very much the peacemaker, key to the cease-fire between israel and hamas. doesn't even settle with the truce and then morsi announces this decree essentially a huge power grab. what is the significance? >> reporter: well, suzanne, the significance is until a parliament is formed here in egypt, until a constitution is drafted, he is the most powerful man in egypt, and, technically, he can do whatever he wants without any apparent oversight. that's why he is being called egypt's new dictator. that's why you have thousands of protests taking place behind us in tahrir square. the protesters represent the opposing factions, the liberals, the secularists, women's rights groups, the youth groups. essentially, their position is that we're not going to talk to mr. morsi until he rescinds his decrees, and we spoke to one of his top advisors today, and he said he'll consider that, but first there needs to be a dialogue. let's take a listen to t
reza sayah is overlooking everything in tahrir square. most of us were thinking that mohammed morsi really very much the peacemaker, key to the cease-fire between israel and hamas. doesn't even settle with the truce and then morsi announces this decree essentially a huge power grab. what is the significance? >> reporter: well, suzanne, the significance is until a parliament is formed here in egypt, until a constitution is drafted, he is the most powerful man in egypt, and, technically, he...
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joining us now from cairo, reza sayah, our correspondent there. the egyptian prime minister made a visit and met with the hamas leaders. he's back in cairo now. what if anything was achieved? >> reporter: well, beyond a lot of tough rhetoric against the israeli government and loud support for the palestinian people, this is going to be viewed by many people as an ineffective trip into gaza by this delegation led by egyptian prime minister. remember, the mission, the immediate goal of this delegation was to get into gaza and establish a truce, some sort of cease-fire even if it were to be for a short time. that obviously failed. in many parts of the region, israeli territory, palestinian territory, the violence escalated. and certainly doesn't bode well for what egypt says it wants to do in playing the role of peacemaker. and it seems to undermine and weaken this notion that egypt could play an influential role in this conflict. so some say they did score some p.r. points appearing with the hamas leaders. but beyond rhetoric, they didn't achieve mu
joining us now from cairo, reza sayah, our correspondent there. the egyptian prime minister made a visit and met with the hamas leaders. he's back in cairo now. what if anything was achieved? >> reporter: well, beyond a lot of tough rhetoric against the israeli government and loud support for the palestinian people, this is going to be viewed by many people as an ineffective trip into gaza by this delegation led by egyptian prime minister. remember, the mission, the immediate goal of this...
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let's go live to cnn's reza sayah in cairo watching what's going on. lots of people in tahrir square. we have live pictures of that as well. i understand that morsi actually met today with some of these top judges? >> reporter: he did, wolf. a lot of people eager to see how president morsi responds to this political crisis if he would back down under mounting pressure, if he'd make some concessions. it seems forn now the answer is no. many viewed one of his decrees as essentially disabling the judiciary by banning anyone -- any authority, even the judiciary, from questioning, appealing any decisions he made since june. the question was going into this meeting, would he scale back on some of those decrees? would he make concessions to the judiciary? he did not. in a statement by the president's office, he said, look, the position that we're in is that these decrees are designed to move forward the democratic process and to avoid any remnants of the mubarak regime. in other words, the judges from undermining the process. so for now, wolf, the position of
let's go live to cnn's reza sayah in cairo watching what's going on. lots of people in tahrir square. we have live pictures of that as well. i understand that morsi actually met today with some of these top judges? >> reporter: he did, wolf. a lot of people eager to see how president morsi responds to this political crisis if he would back down under mounting pressure, if he'd make some concessions. it seems forn now the answer is no. many viewed one of his decrees as essentially...
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we want to get to reza saya in cairo. what can you tell us about what's happening now? >> reporter: a short time ago the u.s. embassy released a statement that the embassy will be shut down until further notice because some of the clashes are getting to close for comfort. in their statement they said specifically there is no indication that the embassy is a target of the protests, but the embassy's proximity to tahrir square which is a couple of blocks away, exposes it to the violence. just as a precautious they have shut down until further notice. during the past few days during the demonstrations on the side streets, the arteries leading into tahrir square we have seen clashes between protesters and police. most of the clashes are being triggered by trouble-making elements. these are teenagers, young men, 20-somethings who continue to throw rocks, debris, molotov cocktails at police and police respond by firing teargas, stun grenades. that's what we have seen. a little bit more intense. it's approaching the embassy which is not a target, as the statement said. again,
we want to get to reza saya in cairo. what can you tell us about what's happening now? >> reporter: a short time ago the u.s. embassy released a statement that the embassy will be shut down until further notice because some of the clashes are getting to close for comfort. in their statement they said specifically there is no indication that the embassy is a target of the protests, but the embassy's proximity to tahrir square which is a couple of blocks away, exposes it to the violence....